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Watch Elon Musk's Reusable Rocket Launch And Land Itself In This Amazing Video Shot By A Drone

Elon Musk's private space company, SpaceX, has been experimenting with reusable rockets since last year.

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Because the cost of fuel is much less compared to the cost of building a rocket from scratch every time, Musk and his team are trying to master reusable rockets so they can get closer to their goal of making commercial space travel more affordable. 

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The company just posted an amazing video on YouTube of its Falcon 9 Reusable rocket lifting off, rising 250 meters, hovering, and landing on the ground right next to the launch pad.

Even cooler, the video was shot by a drone. 

Later today, SpaceX will make its second attempt to send its Dragon spacecraft, carrying 4,000 pounds of supplies, on a Falcon 9 rocket (like the one in the video) to the International Space Station on its third resupply mission.

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That launch is scheduled for 3:25 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast live from the SpaceX website starting at 2:45 p.m.

In the meantime, check out this amazing video:

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